These four women were locked in a room for three days by six men and two women. They were allegedly forced to pay a fine of 500 rupees each and forced to consume human excreta.

â€œThey beat us with a bible and said we were lying and that we are practicing witchcraft. They also fined us for it and forced us to consume human excreta,â€ said Kapri, one of the victim.

According to police, the four women were tortured as they were accused of practicing sorcery and spreading disease in the village.

The Government of Orissa has a law against aiding and abetting witchcraft. In 1999, the Government also passed an act against witchcraft, â€œWitch Prohibition Act-1999â€, according to which six months imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 rupees can be imposed on a person found guilty of torturing innocent women…